Taiwan 3

Listen to Taiwan 3, a 25-year-old woman from Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 25

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 1984

PLACE OF BIRTH: Taipei, Taiwan (but raised in Kaohsiung City)

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Taiwanese (exact ethnicity unknown)

OCCUPATION: graduate student

EDUCATION: Subject was a graduate student in music therapy when recorded.

AREA(S) OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS:

She lived in Taiwan most of her life, growing up in Kaohsiung. She came to the United States in the fall of 2007, two years before this recording was made.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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RECORDED BY: Michael Pope

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 03/05/2009

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

I was born in Kaohs — no, Taipei, Taiwan. And I grew up in Kaohsiung – it’s the second-largest city in Taiwan. I started learning English when I was twelve. Then (ah) after I graduated from college I came to the U.S. for my graduate studies. I study music therapy, which we use music to address clients on non-musical goals such as cognitive, physical, emotional, psychosocial, and so on. So that’s what I’m doing here now in Lawrence, Kansas. So I started learning English when I was twelve; I started wi — started with alphabets, and lear — and then I learned English when I was in high school through college. It was a pretty long time. It has been like twelve years up to now. And I like speaking English, so that’s why I came here I guess.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Michael Pope

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 03/05/2009

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